Intaglio and relief printing device.



H. A. W. WOOD. INTAGLIO AND RELIEF PRINTING DEVICE.

nruouron 21mm 1:20.10, 1906. nnmwnn D120. 12, 1910.

[#000,65-6. I Patented Aug. 15, 1911.

l IIHA UNITED STATES PATENT I HENRY A. WISE WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNbR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WOOD & NATHAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIDJE-M INTAGLIO AND RELIEF PRINTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Device, of which the following is a specification. I

This case is in part a continuation of my application for patent on lntaglio printing plate Serial No. 317,456, filed May 18, 190 6. My invention relates to improvements in intaglio printing, the particular Ob ects thereof being to provide means whereby intaglio printing plates can be employed in the place of orin connection wlth the relief printing plates or surfaces now n common use-and to avoid certain compllcations which heretofore have been thought to be of such nature as to render such use of intagho pl ates impracticable.

In the use of intaglio p1ates, the papercontacting portion which contains the de sign and the non-printing portlons hereto fore have been one and the same, surface, all lane. The design is filled with inkand all surplus ink is removed from the plate-by some wiping or scraping means; Obviously, it is' of the utmost im ortance that the non-printing surface of t e plate be free from lnk before the printing operati on is performed. This ren- L dersit necessary to keep the non-printing portion. of the plate entirely free from scratches and other indentations which would fill with ink'and print marks in the surface whichsho'uld be clear. The use of a very high quality of copperin the preparation of'these plates therefore is necessary. 40

and extreme care in their manipulation absolutely essential. In order to avoid these difii'culties, I- have produced a plate provided with a non-pressing and non-printing .surface depressed below the paper-contacting'surface, and provided with means whereby the scraping or wiping device may be gradually guided upon the paper-contacting surface "in such a manner as effectively to clean the latter. v

Reference-is to be had to the accompany Ting sheet of drawings which illustrate mech anlsin A for. carrying out this invention and in which, Figure 1 is a plan of a flat printing having relief and intaglio surfaces thereon Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 10, 1906, Serial No. 347.028. Renewed December 12, 19g).

'lin c 2--2 of Fig. 1.

plate Patented Aug. 15, 1911." Serial No. 596,969. .f.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same on the 1 i which is provided with lines or engraving 1:

representing the intaglio design. It is of such formas to be capable of generation by the motion of a right line.- It is surrounded or bounded on one or more sides by a non-pressing surface in a lowerplane; Upon' the same-plate is also shown a design or composition in relief in the form of raised letters 7). It will be seen that the upper surfaces of the letters 71 are in a lower plane than the surface of the design a. This set so that it will clean the surface a without lHtPIfQIJHfI with the ink on the surfaces b,

Fig. 3 is an end cleva-= tion of a printing cylinder having intao'lzio ,75 is to provide for the use of a cleaning blade both relief and intaglio parts of the plate being inked by the same inking roller. Inthe form shown in these two figures, the in-* taglio design preferably is surrounded by a ISO fineline a instead of being surrounded by a broad flat surface which has to be cleaned by the scraper. It will thus be seen that almost no surrounding paper impressing plane is left to be kept. clean. In other words, around the design and about its outer edge, I leave a paper-contactingsurface,

preferably of not over one-thirty second of an inch in width and all of the out-dyingplate is then brought. to the plane oftlie The part inside the non-pressing surface. l1ne a is that in which the intaglio design is produced and has all the characteristics of;

9.5 an intaglio plate. Moreover, the surface or 1 line a rises out of the non-printing surface 0 preferably through a'slanting' surface (1 gradually guides it to the surface which: has to be cleaned. It is not intended, however,

which engages the cleaning blade and that the cleaning blade should. comeinto contactwith the surface a in the form shown in these two figures. This surface d is provided for the purpose of guiding a scraping the forward edge of the latter shall be thoroughly cleaned and there shall be no sudden change of direction of the cleaning, means.

In certain kinds of printing in which effects can best be produced by intaglio' andrelief surfaces. the best results can be ob-. tained by.placing.'either on the same plate with an' intaglio design or on a separate plate, a relief surface for the ordinary'kinds of printing. l have shown this feature in the form of a surface of the ordinary relief type directly on the plate which bears the intaglio surface. The relief surface may be exactly the same height as the paper plane or -aper 'contacting portion of the intaglio sur' ace, but I prefer to make it of slightly less altitude, as-is indicated, so that there Will-he no danger of the cleaning blade taking the ink from the relief surface.

As I have stated above, the relief surface may or may not he on the same plate as the. intan'lio surface, the principles of the invention being complied with so long as they are printed from simultaneously. For a further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to Fig. 3 which shows several printing plates mounted upona printing cylinder. The intan'lio design is on a printing plate A while the ielief'design is on a printing: plate B. These plates in this inst anee are shown. as being formed separately and'individually mounted on the cyl- 'iiider.. It will. he noted, that the printing surfaces oft-lie plate B are in a lower plane,

" separate plates or at a shorter distance from the axis ofthe c \"liiu'ler, than those of the plate i This 'is f1 ii the same purpose, as that herciiibefore indicated. For the purpose of cleaning the surfaces of the intagrlio plate or plates,..a-

cleaning blade I) is shown. This blade be in; mounted in the usual way which is well, uiidcrsti-iod, will not he described in detail. 'l he blade is so located that. it will reach and 'ciug'agetlm sur-aces of the intaglio plate or plates and will not interi'rre with the ink on the relief.printing:surfaces. It will be seen from a eonsidc" tion of the drap'ings that the relief and ii actlio plates may either be type may beei nplo \'-'edv surrounding the .tanlio design outhe-ttvo kinds'of surfaces inn} he formed on the same plate. 'lhey can both he inked in the form shown in Fig. 3 by a i-oinnion ink supply i and iinpre. 'ed substantially Slmtl ltilnofillSly against, a single i-iupressioii nieiiiher thus bringing" the combined use. of the two methods to the highest possihlcstate of de.- \"tltl'ltiitlll'. It: \\'lll he. u-nderstorul; that in:

stead of beingil ked'froiuthe. same ink supply, two ink supplies may he used, each being! adapted to tou'ehonly its own surface to he supplied;

\Vhile. .1 have illustrated and described )articular forms in which the invention may. heeinbodied, I am avarethatit may be carriedout in other ways within thescope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 1. In a printing machine, the combination of intaglio andrelief printing surfaces,

\relief surfaces, and a cleaning device setfin position to engage the intaglio surfaces withoutsetouching; the relief surfaces.

2. In aiprinting machine, the combination of a printing cylinder having intaglio and relief surfaces thereon, theintaglio sur= faces being at a greater-distance from the axis of the cylinder than the relief. surfaces, a common inksupply for said snrfarcs a taglio surfaces aii'dtc IIOtL't'OHCh the relief surfaces, and an in'ipression cylinder withwhich the printing cylinde iis adapted to engage.

ing member having a relief printing st r than the relief printing surface.

4:. A printing member having an inta'glio printing: surfaceyand relief printing siirface, the intaglioprinting surface. being in a higher plane than the relief printing surface, and having a non-printing surface and surface.

5. A printing member having an intaglio printing surface, a relief printing surface, theintaglio printing surface being ina- -higher plane than the relief printing stirface, in combination with means. for inking axis of the cylinder than the relief surfaces,

and relief surfaces thereon.- the intaelio'sun faces being at av greater distance from the axis of the cylinder than the relief slitthe? relief surfaces.

9. An intaglio printing plate havin g a non-printing non-pressing surface depressed ga e the intaglio surfaces and to not triuch below the paper-contacting surface thereof.

3. --As an article of manufacture a print;

face, and an intaglio printing surface higher both surfaces, and means forcleaning the and a. common ink supply for said surfaces." 8. In a pr nting'machine, the combina-' tion of a printing cylinder l'iflNiTifI intaglio faces, and a] cleanin device located tot enthe intaglio surfaces being higher, than the cleaning device located to engage the ina slanting surface rising out of the nonprinting surfacennto the intaglid printing faces being at a greater distance from the -two opposite edges of the and connected therewith by a continuous gradual slanting surface.

10. A printing plate having a paper-coIitacting surface engraied in intaglio, raised above a surrounding non-pressing surface,

raised surface being connected with the non-pressing surface by continuous gradual slanting surfaces.

11. An intaglio printing plate having a l'mper-contachng surface, and an inclined integral continuous slanting surface gradually rising into said contacting surface.

12. A rlnting plate having a complete intaglio resign located entirely in a surface capable of being generated by the motionof a right line, and a narrow paper-contacting surface 1n the form of an outline" following the'contour of "the design.

13...\n intaglio printing plate having a narrow 'mpeueontactlng surface in the form of an outline surrounding the outer lines of the design, all the plate surrounding said outline being on a plane lower than that ol. the paper-contacting surface.

' 11-. A printing face in the form of an outline surrcmnding, the outer lines of the design, all the plate paper-contacting surface.

plate having an intaglio design, and a narrow paper-contacting sursurronnding said ontlinebeing on a plane lower than that of the paper-contacting sur-. face, and a relief printing surface located in a plane lower than the plane of said 15. A printing plate having a paper-con 'tacting surface provided with an .inta lio design, said plate'also having a relief prmt mg surface integral and continuous therewith and at a different elevation.

16. A printing platehaving a papercontacting surface, provided with an lnta lio design, said plate also having a relief prmtlng surface located in a lowerplane than wi t-nesscs. v i H. WISE WOOD.

WVitnesses ANNIE B. W amsns,

MARY E. McCAooEN. 

